Was heißt »weis­ma­chen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb weis­ma­chen lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • make believe
  • persuade

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Was hat er dir jetzt wieder weisgemacht?

What has he tricked you into believing this time?

What has he gotten you to believe this time?

Jana wollte mir weismachen, sie sei Lehrerin.

Jane wanted to make me believe she was a teacher.

Synonyme

ein­re­den:
delude
talk into
fop­pen:
befool
delude
tease
ma­ni­pu­lie­ren:
manipulate
rig
nar­ren:
fool
täu­schen:
deceive
delude
mislead
ver­ar­schen:
fool
taunt
trick
vor­ge­ben:
pretend
vor­täu­schen:
affect
pretend

Antonyme

be­leh­ren:
inform

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom tried to persuade Mary to have a threesome.

  • Tom couldn't persuade his classmates to change their minds about postponing the dance.

  • Tom attempted to persuade Mary to go to church with him.

  • Tom failed to persuade Mary.

  • She tried to persuade him to buy her a pearl necklace.

  • She tried to persuade him not to decline the offer.

  • Sometimes it's hard to persuade children to eat.

  • Can I persuade you to stay a few more days?

  • I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.

  • The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

  • She attempted to persuade her father.

  • You're the only person that can persuade him.

  • It is absurd trying to persuade him.

  • There's no use trying to persuade him.

  • It is no use trying to persuade him.

  • I tried in vain to persuade him not to smoke any more.

  • We tried to persuade him.

  • It took me some time to persuade her.

  • I failed to persuade her.

  • I tried to persuade her in vain.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

be­lü­gen:
lie
tell someone a lie
täu­schen:
deceive
delude
mislead

Weis­ma­chen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: weismachen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: weismachen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 5343711, 10106699, 1389925, 1095085, 1029603, 1028952, 887474, 887472, 681723, 638057, 402792, 390150, 316819, 307873, 307872, 307871, 307870, 284569, 272518, 261377, 261370 & 261369. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR